And now, she is going to be the only one left of the original members of G4. This picture creeps me out.
(Source: speckledplug)
Without a doubt the best thing you’ll see on the Internet today: Lithuanian photographer Tadao Cern’s hilarious series entitled “Blow Job” that depicts people experiencing gale-force winds directly to the face. Strap yourself in and prepare to die laughing — the Facebook album’s up to 100 photos.
(From ThisIsColossal)
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D’oh… Long Awkward Pose is closing.. hurry in to buy her poses at half off while she is still there!
I found a dollarbie store O:! Well its 1L-10L I found it through another blog post on this bubble dress that caught my eye. —> SURL <— Oh did I fail to mention pretty much most of it is mesh :P
FYI: Dont spend 3L on those over the knee boots youu can get the exact same thing for free from G.O.T.H. as a group gift freebie —> SURL <— Their group is also free to join
Is this a New Planet?
The answer to the title is NO. These images are from a project entitled “Devour” by Christopher Jonassen, which displays pictures of the bottom of worn-out frying pans.
May I express my utmost distaste with this week’s results show?
If there was one person who deserved to make the finale, it was Joshua. I mean, as soon as Ryan said Jessica was going to the finale, I knew it was going to be him, because Phillip obviously wasn’t going anywhere, but still. Nevertheless, I’m throwing my support in behind Jessica from here on out.
I’m just so pissed!
Reblogging for the gif, I agree with all of it…. plus I enjoy the persons name I reblogged it from =) X Files ftw
JOSHUA DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE FINALE…
ANGER! ANGER!
AT THIS POINT, I DO NOT CARE WHO WINS IDOL. I REALLY DON’T.
I agree… I call bullshit. I know all the girls love the way Phil looks but come on! Joshua has a better voice!! Ah well, you know he already has a record deal anyway and I will listen to it.
This is the 1st year I really watched this show and this is why I hate shows like this… it seems rigged.
The New York Times' Disgusting, Transphobic Victim-Blaming of Probable Murder Victim and What You Can Do About It
By now you’ve probably heard the story of trans woman and ballroom performer Lorena Escalera who was recently killed in an apartment fire labeled “suspicious” by police.
That the mainstream media would engage in transphobic language and slut-shaming accusations against Escalera should be a surprise to no one. That these attacks are coming from no lower source than the New York Times should surprise no one either. The paper routinely uses exploitative, demeaning and insulting language when discussing queer or otherwise marginalized people, and its slut-shaming of an 11-year-old girl who was gang raped in Texas last year makes their editorial decision to focus coverage on attacking Escalera’s character merely par for the course.
The thankfully-dying rag, which vulturously exploits the struggles of disenfranchised and oppressed peoples while simultaneously boasting about its supposed status as the paragon of journalistic excellence, has long be a target of my hatred and scorn. Whatever laudable attributes the paper may have had in the the past, it has long served far better as kindling than as a legitimate source of information.
Feministing sums up their latest affront to journalism better than I ever could:
Lorena Escalera was a person. She was a performer in the ball scene. She died in a suspicious fire on Saturday. And she sure as hell does not deserve the treatment she’s getting from the New York Times. This is how the paper’s article about her death opens:
She was 25 and curvaceous, and she often drew admiring glances in the gritty Brooklyn neighborhood where she was known to invite men for visits to her apartment, her neighbors and the authorities said.
Called Lorena, she brought two men to her apartment, at 43 Furman Avenue in Bushwick, either late Friday night or in the early hours of Saturday, the police said.
A few paragraphs later, the article oh so cleverly reveals that Lorena was trans, or as the paper says, “she was born male.” The article relies on accounts from Lorena’s neighbors to paint a picture of her. Mostly, the account comes from two men, one of whom says he knew she did sex work because he saw her computer. The other guy is quoted as saying, “For a man, he was gorgeous. Hourglass figure.” Because apparently those words really deserved to see print.
I’m flashing back to the New York Times‘ coverage of the gang rape in Cleveland, TX, when the paper interviewed neighbors to paint a picture of an 11-year old girl as a slut who was asking for it. Specific stereotypes about trans women are being deployed in this article, like that we’re deceptive (it’s not that she was Lorena, it’s that she was called Lorena). But focusing on her appearance and bringing up sex work is the same old shit we always hear about how slutty women bring violence upon themselves. We don’t yet know the details of what happened to Lorena, if it was even a murder, and already the Times is blaming the victim.
Just like rape is rape, murder is murder. And victim blaming is still bullshit.
I wrote a lot of posts about horrible news coverage of violence against trans folks when I first joined this site. I’ve had to write less of these posts as the media has started to finally catch on to the fact that it’s still their job to report responsibly and professionally when the victim is trans. It is completely unacceptable this is still happening in the pages of the New York Times, especially after they were taken to task so publicly for victim blaming recently.
Other folks, including GLAAD, Janet Mock, and Autumn Sandeen are calling out this incredibly offensive and dangerous article as well. You can let the New York Times know you’re sick and tired of their victim blaming and transphobia by writing to them here or tweeting @NYTimes.
I urge you to contact the New York Times and let your opinion of their “journalism” be known.
RE : secondlifetimes said: I hope to see more female clothing! I need to dress up my kitty!
I am trying! My better half does the ladies side to the site but SL has not been nice to her of late. I haven’t even been able to post as much as I have wanted to because SL is being such a shmuck.
